Re: [Elecraft] K3 and Ten Tec Titain 465 hook up

[John McBee]

On 12/31/2016 7:04 PM, John McBee wrote:
I have just purchased an Ten Tec Titan 425 amplifier and was wondering 
the best way to hook it to my K3?  I would like to be able to use QSK 
with the amp too.  Just don't want to mess anything up, so thought I 
would ask here first.


Thanks in advanced for any suggestions..


73'

John

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I have it working using non-qsk, using key out of k3 to key in on titan 
amp.  My question still is how to hook up for qsk operation with k3?



Tnx

John

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[Elecraft] K3 and Ten Tec Titain 465 hook up

[John McBee]

I have just purchased an Ten Tec Titan 425 amplifier and was wondering 
the best way to hook it to my K3?  I would like to be able to use QSK 
with the amp too.  Just don't want to mess anything up, so thought I 
would ask here first.


Thanks in advanced for any suggestions..


73'

John

KM5PS

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[Elecraft] k3 and mmtty

[John McBee]

I have been having trouble in the wpx rtty test, my k3 has been having 
issues with mmtty keying the rig.  I have the in/out lines on k3 going 
to in/out on sound card as they should, and the ptt-key set to drt-rts.  
The problem is, part of the time the mic setting is set to abt 3-4 with 
5 bars solid on ALC, if I go below 3 it drops to 3 bars flashing.  I can 
not get 4 solid bars with 5 flashing.  But at times the k3 will stop 
transmitting unless I turn the mic gain to abt 21 then it will start 
transmitting again.  I have had this issue all weekend.  Could this be a 
problem with my sound card?  I have a second card in the computer but 
can not get it too work right either.



Setup up as follows:
K3 out to line in on computer
K3 in to line out on computer, I have had hooked to microphone, but same 
problems occur so using line out(headphones)

K3 ptt set to dtr-rts
K3 mic menu to Line in
Mic gain set to 3-4 when working and a lot higher when problems starts.
MMTTY sound card settings are :  Line in-Reception,(Realtek soundcard)
Transmission-Speakers (Realtek)
Also have sound card settings set to  Line in is set to 50% and Wintest 
slider set to 70%


Any thoughts would be great.  Can't enjoy WPX RTTY like this...

John
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[Elecraft] k3 160 meter low output power

[John McBee]

Just wondering what might be wrong with a friend's K3.  It will only put 
out 85 watts on 160 meters.  All other bands put out 100 watts. I have 
done the calibration with the K3 Utility program, but no change.  Just 
curious to what might be wrong, or what I could check from him.  Thanks 
for the replies in advance.
Sorry if this was sent twice, chose the wrong reply address for this 
reflector.  Too many email accounts.


73's
John
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Re: [Elecraft] SOLD - [Crosspost] [OT] KX3 Plus Accessories For Sale

[John McBee]

On 2/10/2015 6:36 PM, Joel Black wrote:

Package is sold. Thanks for all the inquiries.

73,
Joel - W4JBB


On Feb 10, 2015, at 5:46 AM, Joel Black  wrote:

Updated price is $1350 +shipping from my address at QRZ.com . 
If the shipping + insurance is over $25, I’ll pay the difference and I’ll eat the 
PayPal fee.

73,
Joel - W4JBB

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I have fixed the problem.  Got all reload.  Sorry for the band width.

John
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Re: [Elecraft] k3 ERR DSE

[John McBee]

On 2/10/2015 9:27 PM, John McBee wrote:
I was getting this error from the kxr3 menu when changing from ATU 
port to BNC port I have gotten this error a few times since I have 
installed the kxr3.  But all usually works.  The book said to try to 
reload the dsp 1 firmware and dsp2 firmware, so I opened up the k3 
utility and tried to reload all firmware.  The k3 errored out on 
loading firmware and display said MCU LD and lost com port 
communications.   I could not turn off k3 by pwr button so turned off 
pwr supply, now can't get the rig to reset buy holding the shift-lo 
button in while pwr up k3.  So can't load new firmware yet.  Any 
suggestions..  I will keep looking in manual for a reset option.


Thanks
John
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I have read the MCU load error under K3 Firmware Self-Test and what to 
do in an error of loading MCU but I have lost communications with the k3 
with my serial to usb cable that I normally use and have tried a serial 
to serial cable to another computer that still has a serial port- DB9 
connections, I have also changed the baud rate to 38400 which it was 
before it crashed.  No luck with any of these actions.  Any help would 
be great.


John
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[Elecraft] k3 ERR DSE

[John McBee]

I was getting this error from the kxr3 menu when changing from ATU port 
to BNC port I have gotten this error a few times since I have installed 
the kxr3.  But all usually works.  The book said to try to reload the 
dsp 1 firmware and dsp2 firmware, so I opened up the k3 utility and 
tried to reload all firmware.  The k3 errored out on loading firmware 
and display said MCU LD and lost com port communications.   I could not 
turn off k3 by pwr button so turned off pwr supply, now can't get the 
rig to reset buy holding the shift-lo button in while pwr up k3.  So 
can't load new firmware yet.  Any suggestions..  I will keep looking in 
manual for a reset option.


Thanks
John
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Re: [Elecraft] s meter reading with sub receiver

[John McBee]

On 2/5/2015 10:42 PM, RIchard Williams wrote:

John,

Yes, just push and hold the BSet button (the number "1" on the 
keypad).  The main VFO will now say b SEt, and the S meter is reading 
the sub receiver (also make sure the sub receiver is turned on to do 
this).


Dick, K8ZTT

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*Subject:* [Elecraft] s meter reading with sub receiver

Is there a way to see the S meter reading for the sub receiver? I've
been looking thru the manual and cann't find it.  I thought I have read
somewhere about dual S meter's.  Any help would be great or let me know
what page in manual it is on.

Thanks
John
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Okay Thanks Don. I will try that.  Thanks
JOhn
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[Elecraft] s meter reading with sub receiver

[John McBee]

Is there a way to see the S meter reading for the sub receiver? I've 
been looking thru the manual and cann't find it.  I thought I have read 
somewhere about dual S meter's.   Any help would be great or let me know 
what page in manual it is on.


Thanks
John
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Re: [Elecraft] Lids running RTTY on the JT65 Frequency

[John McBee]

On 1/5/2015 1:23 PM, Jim Brown wrote:

On Mon,1/5/2015 10:54 AM, David Cole wrote:

To expect the worldwide Amateur Radio community, to clear out space on
every band, for the few hundred JT users, on the off chance someone
might be transmitting, is simply insane and selfish.


I've made a lot of QSOs using the WSJT modes, but I wouldn't dream of 
doing so when a contest is occupying the same space. The same is true 
of CW or SSB on contesting bands during a contest. We hams have a lot 
of spectrum, but none of us owns any frequency, either individually or 
as a group. Contest organizers intentionally avoid the WARC bands, and 
RTTY contesting intentionally avoids 160M. Someone who wants to work 
JT65 or PSK31 on HF during a RTTY contest can QSY to 160M, 30M, 17M, 
or 12M. So can CW operators. At least one of these bands will usually 
be open enough to have fun.


73, Jim K9YC
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Not to be rude, but why is this on the Elecraft site?  It has nothing to 
do with Elecraft!!


John
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Re: [Elecraft] K3 phone plug

[John McBee]

On 12/24/2014 4:26 AM, Mike K2MK wrote:

Hi John,

Are you sure your external speaker is plugged in to the speaker jack and not
the rear headphone jack?

73,
Mike K2MK


John McBee-2 wrote

Problem still exist, however I have discovered that if I turn on spkr+ph
to on, I have audio fine without headphones plugged in, but if I change
it to spkr+ph to NO then the audio in speaker shuts off with no
headphones plugged in.  I have sprayed my phone connector plug with
Eledtronic cleaner and put in phone jack and turned it and still no
audio out speaker with phone plug out.  When I turned on my K3 this
evening before doing the test, I could not get any audio out speaker at
all.  Before it was hit and miss.  So question again, cud it be phone
plug on the K3 or firmware issue? Firmware agn is MCU 4.86.

Thanks
John





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I don't have an external speaker plugged into the K3. I'm using the 
front headphone jack for the headphones only.


John
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Re: [Elecraft] K3 phone plug

[John McBee]

On 12/23/2014 7:29 AM, W2BLC wrote:
I had that problem early on and figured it was a film of some kind on 
the innards of the jack - had to wiggle the plug to get it to work. 
So I used some of that high dollar contact cleaner on the plug 
and then while it was still dripping wet, plugged it in and twisted it 
around for a few seconds. That fixed the problem. Your mileage may vary!


Bill W2BLC K-Line

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Problem still exist, however I have discovered that if I turn on spkr+ph 
to on, I have audio fine without headphones plugged in, but if I change 
it to spkr+ph to NO then the audio in speaker shuts off with no 
headphones plugged in.  I have sprayed my phone connector plug with 
Eledtronic cleaner and put in phone jack and turned it and still no 
audio out speaker with phone plug out.  When I turned on my K3 this 
evening before doing the test, I could not get any audio out speaker at 
all.  Before it was hit and miss.  So question again, cud it be phone 
plug on the K3 or firmware issue? Firmware agn is MCU 4.86.


Thanks
John
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[Elecraft] K3 phone plub

[John McBee]

I have been having a problem for some time with the headphone jack on my 
K3, no sound coming out of speaker on K3.  It's starting to happen more 
and more frequently.  The problem is, some times when I turn on my K3, I 
can't hear any audio coming out of the K3 speaker unless I plug in my 
headphones and unplug them.  Hear lately it will work for a little bit 
then quit and I'll have to plug a phone plug back in and remove it again 
for the audio to return to the k3 speaker.  Sometimes just leaving the 
headphone connector in a little will make the audio come back to 
speaker. Could this be a bad phone plug on the K3?  Im running MCU 
firmware v 4.86.


Thanks for any advice

John
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[Elecraft] K3 and N1MM interface

[John McBee]

I am a new K3 owner and need some help with the k3 interface with N1MM.  I
have got it work with a Winkey, but would also like for N1MM to keep track
of my band change and Freq.  I have connected it to the computer via RS323
port to USB, but keep getting a error after a few minutes connected this
way.  I also get an error if I only use the RS232 port for keying also.
Looks like the best way is to use the Winkey, but still would like the
logging program to keep track of Band and Freq.  Any help would be great.  

 

Thanks

John

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